‘Universal’ flu vaccine uses genetic tech to fight influenza

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‘Universal’ flu vaccine uses genetic tech to fight influenza

Currently, patients must get a flu shot every year. But new research at UW Medicine may change that.

Researchers are working on the vexing problem of a virus that shape shifts from one year to the next. UW Medicine research at the Fuller Lab into a “universal” flu vaccine uses a cutting-edge technology to attack parts of the virus that stay constant every year, potentially making it vastly more effective at preventing the disease.